An outage Monday downed Apple Music, Radio, and iTunes Match for users in the US, Europe, and Asia. Are persistent outages due to infrastructure or possible cyberattacks?
eBay is giving merchants more opportunities to advertise: The marketplace nearly doubled the amount of premium search ad inventory as it tries to make up for falling sales volumes.
Rivals are likely to spring up for Bloomberg’s recently unveiled generative AI platform. But they won’t have access to its Terminals' data.
Visa+ will connect Venmo and PayPal before expanding to other wallets. Here's what it means for P2P apps.
Mastercard’s latest cross-border tool targets SMBs: The payments giant wants to stay ahead of the curve as cross-border payments gain steam.
Walmart is shuttering four stores in Chicago: The retail giant says that the stores lose “tens of millions of dollars a year,” and their annual losses nearly doubled in the last five years.
Inflation eased for the ninth straight month in March: But falling grocery prices may not be enough to restore consumers’ declining confidence.
Brazil’s tax crackdown could deal a serious blow to Asian ecommerce giants’ growth ambitions: The government plans to eliminate exemptions for international orders under $50. (This article was written with the assistance of ChatGPT. )
Lemon8 makes a splash in US as lawmakers mull TikTok ban: New app quickly gains followers, but Chinese ownership could raise concern.
Apple’s MacBook mostly dodged holiday weakness a few quarters ago, but shipments fell 40.5% compared to the first three months of 2022. This trend could continue throughout the year.
India’s new influencer rules are an overcorrection but still a positive: Wellness influencers must disclose their qualifications under recommendations they give.
If the deal is terminated, one of the largest retail portfolios could turn into an industry-leading digital innovation opportunity.
Retailers and the tech firms powering some of their RMNs are racing to give ad buyers access to more off-site inventory in formats ranging from CTV to digital out-of-home to in-store. But on-site has plenty of headroom left, as this new data from our forecast shows.
On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we conduct a physical examination of the US retail space: what do our new forecasts tell us, which categories are leading the charge (or struggling), and how is the banking debacle weighing on consumers purchasing decisions? Then for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the top four symptoms to pay attention to over the coming months. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and Zak Stambor.
Amazon has begun charging for returns to some UPS Stores: The move comes on the heels of adding a “frequently returned” warning on some items.
Albertsons’ earnings beat expectations as debate over its acquisition by Kroger rages on: A wave of antitrust concerns from consumers, employees, suppliers, and government officials is putting the deal in doubt.
In the US, just 18% of adults say they’ve used livestream and video ecommerce, according to an October 2022 Insider Intelligence survey with Bizrate Insights. Brands shouldn’t shy away from livestream shopping in the US, but they need to be intentional about how they implement it.